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Where does “lína” come from?

lína (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Ancestry of “lína”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “lína”

  • льняной
  • лён
  • lniany
  • len
  • Lniany
  • лан
  • lan
  • lennél
  • len
  • lenvászon
  • lent
  • len
  • лен
  • lьnъ
  • lьněnъ
  • льнъ
  • lan
  • lank
  • lana
  • льнъ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →